Hinge for safe or vault doors.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

.I. H. WILLIAMS. HINGE FOR SAFE 0R. VAULT DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1904.

2 BEEETSBHEET 1.

INVENTOR I Attorney PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

J H WILLIAMS HINGE FOR SAFE 0R VAULT DOORS.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 18, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

l-Il INEVENTOR &

WIPYESSES Allorney NITED STATES Patented July 4, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOREMINGTON AND SHERMAN COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

HINGE FOR SAFE OR VAULT DOORS- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 7 93,704, dated July 4, 1905.

I Application filed June 18, 1904:. Serial No. 213,161.

To all whom it nwty concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMns HENRY WILLIAMS, a resident of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Safe or Vault Doors;and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it no appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hinges for safe or vault doors,and more particularly to the construction ofhinge connecting the doorwith the supporting-crane, the

object of the invention being to provide an improved hinge in whichthejournals thereof are capable of longitudinal adjustment to compensatefor wear and in which spacing and bearing washers are located and soformed as to retain lubricant and prevent binding and insure the minimumwear of the parts.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts,

as will be more fully hereinafter described,

and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in elevation,illustrating my improvements applied to a safe or vanlt door; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, in vertical section,

of the hinge.

1 represents the safe or vault, 2 the door, and 3 the crane, connectedby hinges 4 with the safe or vault and by my improved hinges 5 with thedoor, as will be hereinafter described in detail. The crane 3 isprovided with two arms, both connected by hinges with the door, and asboth hinges are exactly alike the description of one will apply alike toboth.

The upper half of each hinge 5 comprises a sleeve 6, integral with aplate 7, secured by bolts or rivets to the door, and said sleeve 6alines with a sleeve 8 on the crane, below the same, and a journal 9 islocated in said alined sleeves 6 and 8 and has a spacing-washer 10thereon between the sleeves. The upper end of sleeve 6 is closed savefor a threaded lubricant opening 11, normally closed by the threadedplug of an ornamental cover 12, and

two washers 13 and 14: are located in the upper end of sleeve 6, betweenthe same and journal 9. The upper end of journal 9 has an angular socketto receive an angular lug 15 on the lower washer 14 and compel thewasher 14 and journal 9 to turn together. The upper face of washer 14 isdished or made concave to serve as a lubricant-pocket, and the lowerface of washer 13 is made convex and curved in a different are of acircle from washer 14 to provide but a small bearing or contactingsurface and permit the lubricant in the cup formed in washer 14; tomaintain at all times an easy turning lubricated contact. The lower endof lower sleeve 8 is screwthreaded to receive a threaded plug 16,bearing against the lower end of journal 9 and adapted to adjust thejournal vertically, and said plug 16 has an angular enlargement 17 onits lower end to facilitate the use of a wrench to turn the same, and anornamental cap 18 is secured on the lower end of plug 16 and inclosesthe protruding end of said plug.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hinge, the combination of two alining sleeves, a journal in saidsleeves, and two washers interposed between one end of the journal andthe end wall of one of said sleeves, the lower Washer having a concaveupper face to form a lubricant-chamber and the lower end of the upperwasher made with a convex face having a bearing on the concave face ofthe lower washer.

2. In a hinge, the combination with two alining sleeves, one having aclosed end having an opening therein, of a journal in said sleeves,washers interposed between the end of the journal and the closed end ofsaid sleeve, the lower one of said washers having a dished or concavedepression forming a pocket for lubricant and the upper washer having aconveX face adapted to seat in and bear upon the concave face of thelower washer.

3. In a hinge, the combination with two alining sleeves, one having aclosed end, of a journal in said sleeves, washers interposed between theend of the journal and the closed end of said sleeve and havingcontacting bearing-surfaces between them, one of said washers having anangular lug located in an angular socket in the end of the journalcompelling them to turn together, and a threaded plug screwed into theend of the other sleeve and against the journal end and adapted toadjust the same longitudinally.

1. The combination with a door, and a hinged crane for supporting thesame, having specification in the presence of two subscribing 3witnesses.

JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

RUTHERFORD S. FOWLER, VVILLIAM O. WEISBROD.

